Relationship posts appearing in search results

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Problem:

Intermediary posts created for Toolset relationships were appearing in public WordPress search results.

Solution:

Go to Toolset → Post Types, edit the relationship’s intermediary post type, expand the Options panel, enable exclude_from_search, and save the post type.

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Last updated by neilR 4 days, 13 hours ago.

Assisted by: Christopher Amirian.

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July 24, 2026 at 3:27 pm #2870138

neilR

We have a number of Toolset relationships set up, and relationship posts are appearing in our search results.
For example, we have a relationship set up between 'Sponsor Roles' and 'Organisations'. When searching for 'ons' and not logged in, a post appears with the title 'Sponsor Roles - Organisation: 32714 - 34235', which I assume is the post created for the relationship which exists between organisation 32714 and Sponsor Role 34235.
How do I exclude these back-end posts from search results please?

July 26, 2026 at 12:15 pm #2870454

Christopher Amirian

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Hi,

Welcome to Toolset support.

You can exclude them without any code:

- Go to Toolset → Post Types.
- Edit the intermediary post type used by the Sponsor Roles / Organisations relationship (its name will match the relationship, e.g. "Sponsor Roles Organisation").
- Expand the Options panel below the main settings.
- Tick exclude_from_search.
- Save the post type.

Thanks.

July 29, 2026 at 7:30 am #2870931

neilR

Thanks. Hadn't twigged I could do that there - they were all on page 2 of post types!